Stand by You Part 4 of 4

Chapter 76: Family Time

It was midnight by the time they went to bed. Everyone slowly started to gather their things so that they could head over to their rooms, which were across the street at the Pallet House.

"Wait, someone left their Ipad here", said Barry as he picked one up off the carpet. "Who is 'The Condescending Purple haired-twerp'? Is that Harley?"

"You guessed it", Harley replied as he took the device from Barry.

"Some sense of humor those two have", Barry muttered. He was dubbed the Hyperactive Yellow and Orange Twerp, and was very bitter about it.

"For once I actually don't mind their making fun of me", said May. "At the end of the day I think it is a small price to pay for an Ipad. They said we get unlimited internet access too. Talk about luxury".

"I have to say that I agree with you, May", Harley responded.

After helping to clean up, Serena, Clement, Ash, Misty and a few of the others returned their Pokémon and headed to their rooms together.

"I love this time of year so much", Serena said to Clement as they walked down the hall to their hotel rooms. "This is the best Christmas I ever had in my entire life".

"I think this is my favorite Christmas ever too", said Clement. "It is rare that I get to spend so much time with family and friends".

Serena stopped when they got to her room. They stood in the doorway for a few moments. Serena blushed and looked down.

"Are you okay?" Clement asked her.

"Mistletoe", she mumbled shyly, pointing up.

"Oh....", was all Clement managed to say before Serena kissed him.

"Oooh!" they heard a chorus of voices call from down the hall.

Ash, Misty, Bonnie, May, Zoey, Dawn, and their Pokémon were watching them.

"It's about time!" said Bonnie.

"Ne nay ne", said Dedenne.

"We'll I am exhausted. See you all tomorrow", said Ash to his friends.

"Ok, goodnight", they all responded.

"Wait....", Misty started.

"Piikkkkaaaa!" Pikachu called.

"Right, sorry Misty", said Ash. He walked up to her and gave her a peck on the cheek. Then he took her hand. "Do you want me to walk you back to your room?"

"That's better", said Misty.

Downstairs, Jessie and James were up talking to Delia and Giovanni. Annastasia was asleep in her father's arms. Everyone else had gone to bed.

"Delia, and Boss sir, Jessie and I just wanted to thank you. We owe you so much. You gave us money, food, shelter, and support. We only made it this far because you stood by us", James confessed.

"You have had your fair share of suffering", said Giovanni. "As much as I hate to admit it, you two really mean a lot to me".

"Thank you for saying that, sir", Jessie replied.

"Giovanni and I are going to be working together more closely. We decided to move into the Morgan Mansion together. I will run the hospital, but it will also serve as a mini-base for Team Rocket. It is probably a good idea to have headquarters a bit more spread out anyway. Giovanni plans on giving control of the main campus headquarters to Domino and Archer", Delia explained.

"Sounds like a good plan", said James.

"You should be the first to know that we already picked out a date for the wedding", said Jessie. "We are going to do it a year from this new year's day".